Curriculum
Learning at Le Fevre
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, we provide rich and engaging learning experiences that build on each child’s interests, strengths and natural curiosity.
Our teachers create supportive and collaborative learning environments that help students develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to become successful learners.
Australian Curriculum
Our teaching and learning is guided by the Australian Curriculum, incorporating key learning areas, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities.
We work in partnership with families and carers to support every child to achieve their best.
Technologies
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, our Technologies program is designed to develop students’ curiosity, creativity, confidence, and resilience as they learn to think critically, solve problems, and create innovative solutions. Through engaging and meaningful learning experiences, students are encouraged to explore ideas, work collaboratively, and use digital technologies safely and responsibly. Our program helps students develop skills they can use to solve real-world problems and make a positive contribution to their world.
In the Junior Primary years, students participate in hands-on learning experiences that encourage them to ask questions, explore problems, and develop their creativity. They are supported to generate ideas, experiment with materials and technologies, and build confidence as they design, create, test, and evaluate their solutions.
In the Middle and Upper Primary years, students build upon these foundational skills as they engage with more complex design challenges, such as designing and building sustainable marble runs and arcade games. These hands-on projects encourage students to think critically and creatively, apply problem-solving skills, and work collaboratively to plan, create, test, and improve their designs.
Performing Arts
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, students participate in a sequential Performing Arts program incorporating Music, Drama and Dance. Our program builds skills progressively across the primary years, giving students practical experience with a wide range of instruments and opportunities to create, perform and work together.
Music
- Foundation: singing, movement and percussion, developing a steady beat
- Junior Primary: xylophones, percussion and improvisation
- Middle Primary: recorder and ukulele, with a growing focus on reading and playing music
- Upper Primary: keyboards, drums and class bands, where students draw on their previous instrumental learning to choose instruments and perform together.
Drama and Dance
In Drama and Dance, students develop creativity, confidence, resilience and performance skills through storytelling, puppetry, improvisation, devising, drama games, folk dance, jump bands and group performances.
Extra-Curricular Performing Arts Opportunities
Students can further develop their skills through a range of extra-curricular opportunities:
- Little Stars Choir: our Years 2-3 choir provides students with an introduction to ensemble singing and performance.
For students in Years 4-6:
- Performance Choir: our Upper Primary choir extends our keen older singers and performs at a range of events throughout the year, including school assemblies, visits to our local kindy, community tours to aged care centres, Christmas events and other special performances.
- Instrumental Music lessons: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, bass guitar, percussion/drums and acoustic guitar.
- Le Fevre Peninsula Hub Band: students rehearse and perform as part of a band alongside students from other local primary schools, with opportunities for combined-school performances and community events.
Throughout the year, students also have opportunities to participate in school and community performances, workshops, incursions, excursions and collaborative events.
Together, these experiences create clear pathways for students to develop their skills, confidence and love of the Performing Arts, progressing from the classroom into Instrumental Music and Hub Band, and from Little Stars Choir into Performance Choir.
Physical Education
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, our Physical Education program is designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge, confidence, and positive experiences needed to succeed in a wide range of sporting activities throughout their schooling and beyond.
In the Junior Primary years, we focus on creating fun, inclusive, and engaging learning experiences that develop students’ fundamental movement skills. These skills provide a strong foundation as students progress into the Upper Primary years and begin to participate in more specialised sporting activities.
In the Upper Primary years, students are exposed to a broad range of sporting contexts, including invasion games, net and wall games, target games, gymnastics, and striking and fielding activities. This diverse program ensures students develop a wide range of movement skills, tactical understanding, teamwork, and sportsmanship, while being introduced to a variety of sports before entering their secondary years of schooling.
Students are also provided with opportunities to extend their skills and represent the school through knockout competitions, SAPSASA events, and school-based sporting programs. Partnerships with organisations such as Auskick and the North West Junior Soccer Association (NWJSA) further enhance these opportunities and allow students to participate in organised sporting experiences within the wider community.
Our goal is to develop students who are active, confident, inclusive, and willing participants, while giving every student the best possible foundation to enjoy and succeed in sport throughout their future.
Indonesian
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, our diverse student group engages with Indonesian through fun and enriching lessons. Learning a language isn’t just about travel or work; it’s about building empathy, understanding different perspectives, and connecting communities. As we explore Indonesian—the language of our nearest neighbour and long-time trade partner—students learn to communicate, share their stories, and discover new ways of thinking. With its phonetic sounds, familiar Roman alphabet, and many borrowed words from English, Indonesian is one of the most accessible languages for primary learners. At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary, we open minds, foster respect, and spark curiosity through the exciting journey of learning Indonesian.
Aboriginal Education
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, we are proud to celebrate and support Aboriginal culture throughout our school. Programs that we implement in our dedicated culturally safe space (the Nunga Room) include:
- MALPA: This program meets the needs of the community and involves traditional knowledge holders, Western doctors, nurses, ambulance paramedics, dentists, nutritionists, and other professionals who empower the Young Doctors. Students visit Aboriginal Medical Services, hospitals, the bush, pharmacies—any place that enriches their experience and inspires their life and career choices. Equipped with knowledge about nutrition, hygiene, environmental health, well-being and identity, health literacy, and leadership, the Young Doctors share their knowledge with friends and family. The project runs for fifteen weeks for students in Years 5 and 6, building their knowledge and experience and enabling them to become active community health ambassadors.
- Minya Ones: With our Aboriginal students, we work alongside UnitingCare Wesley to support our program weekly, as well as our Cultural Groups. These programs give our students opportunities to learn about culture, take part in cultural activities, and build connections.
Throughout the year, all our students attend cultural events in the community, giving them opportunities to connect with culture, community, and country.
Well-being
At Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, we are committed to nurturing a welcoming and supportive environment where every child can thrive. Our school values—respect, responsibility, and effort—are at the heart of everything we do and guide our daily interactions and decision-making.
We proudly implement evidence-based programs to support student wellbeing and learning, including the You Can Do It! program and the Berry Street Education Model. These programs teach important social-emotional skills, build resilience, and help our students set positive goals for themselves. Our approach is further strengthened by our use of Restorative Practices, which focus on repairing relationships, building empathy, and creating a strong sense of belonging throughout our school community.
Together, our values and wellbeing programs create a safe, inclusive, and positive learning environment where all students are empowered to reach their potential.
